Kohli fined for slow over rate

India's stand-in captain Virat Kohli has been fined 20 per cent of his match fees and his team-mates 10 per cent for maintaining a slow over rate in their tri-nation ODI series match against Sri Lanka.

India were handed an embarrassing 161-run defeat by the Sri Lankans in the match that took place at Sabina Park on Tuesday.

"In accordance with the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, and in particular the regulations contained therein governing minor over-rate offences, players are fined 10 per cent of their match fees for every over their side fails to bowl in the allotted time, with the captain fined double that amount," the ICC said in a statement.

"As such, Kohli was fined 20 per cent of his match fee while his team mates received 10 per cent fines," it added.

Jeff Crowe, of the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Match Referees, imposed the fines after Kohli's side was ruled to be one over short of its target, after time allowances were taken into consideration.

"The offence is contrary to Article 2.5.1 of the Code.

The penalty was accepted by India without contest so there was no need for a hearing," the statement further said.

The Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board (TTCB) has banned a spectator for five years for throwing a half-filled bottle on the field which struck Lasith Malinga during the final of the Celkon Mobile Cup between India and Sri Lanka at the Queen's Park Oval on Thursday.

Former captain and chairman of selectors Dilip Vengsarkar said that he has not witnessed a better finisher than Mahendra Singh Dhoni, after seeing the Indian captain guide his team to a victory over Sri Lanka in the tri-series final on Thursday.

After guiding the team to an exciting tri-nation ODI series triumph, captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni made it clear that he is ready to play "boring cricket" while chasing low scores if it ensures a victory for his team.

Sri Lanka skipper Angelo Mathews was suspended for two ODIs while the rest of the team was fined 40 per cent of their match fees after a slow over rate against India in the final of the tri-series in the West Indies.